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BEVERLY, Mass. today announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF)
recently purchased several hundred copies of its virtual office
software to improve coordination among its internal committees and
working groups.

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"The response we've had during the first two weeks of registration has
been phenomenal," said Todd Little, program director for Agile 2005. To
learn more about IYD and the Compassion Capital Fund program, visit
http://www.

National Science Foundation Purchases Groove Virtual Office To Improve Coordination And Productivity Among Working Groups

Groove software helps
organizations, large and small, save money, time and eliminate travel
by offering both a desktop application for instant joint work, and a
set of customizable, open collaboration capabilities that enhance the
utility and value of existing solutions.

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Early-Bird Registration closes June 24, 2005. Examples of such partners include but are not limited to institutions
of higher learning, state and local education agencies , private industry and
other faith-based and community groups.
"We're excited about the potential online collaborative workspace
technologies have for helping our project teams make better decisions
more quickly," said Dr.net.

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"We're
seeing a particularly strong interest from organizations looking to send
entire development teams.com.
To date, IYD, the largest grantee under the President 's Compassion Capital
Fund Program, has made a total of 119 sub-awards that range between $5,000 and
$50,000.
The NSF is an independent federal agency that funds approximately
20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by U.

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First Choice Pregnancy Center, FL
Life Choices, Inc.

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Agile 2005 is an open forum welcoming all Agile methodologies, new and
old, with sessions for all roles including executives, managers, programmers
and testers.
Recipients of sub-awards for pregnancy resource center service delivery
and medical model program RFP include:

Care Net of the Palouse, ID
Heartbeat Pregnancy Center, Inc., NJ
First Choice Women's Centers, FL
Pregnancy Resources, Inc.

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This extra week will provide individuals and groups
more time to finalize their plans and take advantage of our discount program . "These organizations are helping those with
the greatest needs across this country by focusing on their local communities. The NSF mission is to keep the U.

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About the Agile Alliance
The Agile Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the
concepts of Agile software development, and helping organizations adopt those
concepts.

IYD is a non-partisan , non-profit organization that promotes a consistent,
comprehensive risk-avoidance message to youth for five harmful risk-behaviors
that are inextricably linked: alcohol, drugs, sex, tobacco, and violence .

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For more information on Agile 2005, or to register, visit
http://www.agile2005.S., FL

In addition to issuing sub-awards, IYD is hosting a series of educational
conferences nationwide to teach faith-based and community organizations how to
win federal grants.org. George Strawn, the NSF's CIO. We're
optimistic that collaborative workspace technologies can play an
important role in helping NSF sustain and even enhance its recognized
excellence in management practices, and help transform the way
scientific research teams worldwide coordinate their work.

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Attendees will have access to the most comprehensive and
up-to-date information on Agile programming and project management ever
assembled. Registration information can be found on the IYD web site
located at http://www .youthdevelopment.
"The President has designed a program that allows for the full
participation of faith-based and community groups while also allowing those
groups to remain true to their beliefs , whether faith-based or not," said
Shepherd Smith, IYD president.net/download

Groove Networks and Groove are registered trademarks of Groove
Networks Inc.

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Participants can learn about existing methodologies, like Extreme
Programming (XP), Scrum, FDD, Crystal and Adaptive, as well as new, emerging
methodologies. The deadline for Super Early-Bird Registration is
June 4 , 2005. IYD will conduct one more grant competition through September 2005. at
the leading edge of discovery in areas from astronomy to geology and
zoology.

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delivers the "virtual office" through software
that allows teams of people to work together over a network as if they
were in the same physical location.

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Department of Health and Human Services designed to help faith-based and
community organizations build capacity and effectively apply for federal
funding, the Institute for Youth Development (IYD ) has issued six sub-awards
in its eighth round of grant making.org."
While the primary focus of the program is on faith-based and community
organizations that have not received federal funding in the past, participants
may include partners that are helping to provide the social services and /or
educational activities for which they are seeking funding.
Initially, the NSF plans to use Groove Virtual Office to improve
collaboration, coordination and decision-making among its internal
committees, working groups and communities of practice.

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The conference and sub-award program is part of the historic Faith-Based
and Community Initiative created by President Bush.

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Faith-Based + Community Organizations Win Capacity-Building Grants

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info@youthdevelopment .S.6 billion for support of research in many fields, from
mathematics and computer science to the social sciences. In addition to funding research in the traditional academic
areas, the agency also supports "high-risk, high pay-off" ideas and
novel collaborations.groove.

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For more information about the organization, visit
http://www. - Institute for Youth Development Issues Sub-Awards
Under President's Compassion Capital Fund Program -

WASHINGTON, Under a grant from the U.
The Compassion Capital Fund Program will help these organizations enhance
their capacity by competing for federal grants, contracts, and cooperative
agreements so they can become more effective at meeting community needs.youthdevelopment.

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NSF intends to use Groove to help NSF staff and the international
community of scientists, engineers and educators improve business
practices and pursue new methods of scientific communication,
collaboration and decision-making.

About NSF

Headquartered in Arlington, VA, the NSF has a workforce of about
1,700 that supports all fields of fundamental science and engineering,
except the medical sciences.

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The NSF is just one of many government and non-governmental
organizations using Groove Virtual Office for ultra-secure,
intra-agency and inter-organizational collaboration, information
sharing, project management and decision-making.

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It is designed to level
the playing field for faith-based and community groups so they may participate
in the myriad opportunities to receive federal grants. With collaborative
workspace solutions, our project teams can create secure, virtual,
persistent workspaces where files are stored, discussions occur in
context, and meeting notes and action items are tracked.groove.

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The combined conference is ideal for independent software vendors,
software consultants and in-house corporate development teams interested in
learning first-hand how to successfully implement and scale Agile
methodologies. The concepts are outlined in the Manifesto for Agile Software
Development.
colleges and universities. "Previously, our
committees and working groups have coordinated their work in email,
which is increasingly ineffective and frustrating.S.

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The inaugural
conference will be held July 24-29, 2005 in Denver, and represents the merger
of two highly successful industry conferences: XP/Agile Universe and Agile
Development Conference. However, the faith-
based or community organization must be the fiscal agent as well as the lead
partner. A free Trial edition of
Groove Virtual Office is available at http://www.

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Super Early-Bird Registration for Agile 2005 Extended to June 4

Strong Registration and Interest From Development Teams Prompts Addition of
Extra Time

DENVER, The Agile Alliance, a non-profit
organization dedicated to promoting the concepts of Agile software
development, today announced that Super Early-Bird registration for the Agile
2005 conference has been extended by a week to June 4. With sessions targeted for every level of Agile software
development -- from beginner to experienced -- the conference will appeal to a
broad set of constituencies throughout the fast-growing Agile community.,
Groove Networks Inc.

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These grants have been awarded in response to a Request for Proposal (RFP)
that was issued by IYD for organizations that need capacity building
assistance to support pregnancy resource center service delivery and medical
model programs."
The NSF purchased Groove Virtual Office in December and is
gradually introducing use among its internal committees and working
groups.

About Groove Networks

Founded in October 1997 and headquartered in Beverly, Mass.

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Inc. Last month, the NSF proposed a fiscal 2006
budget of $5. The NSF ensures that research is fully
integrated with education so today's revolutionary work will also be
training for tomorrow's top scientists and engineers. For more information about
Groove Networks, visit http://www.